Hand shield



M. W. HOLCOM HAND SHIELD Aug. M, i923. HASLSZ@ Filed July 16 1921 lgntented Aug.. ld, i923,

STATES MOL'LXE W. HLCQEIE, 0F ERIE, JPENNSYLVANEA.

.application led July 16,

To all ywim-m. il* may concern Be it known that l, Monnm W. Honcomn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State oi Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hand Shields, of which the ollowin is a specication.

rlhe object of t invention is to produce a holder by means oi which a person may grasp a cooking utensil without burning the hands, and one which will be cheap, en urable and easy to keep clean.

Withthese and other objects in view as will be brought out later herein, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part ci this specification, and wherein like numerals of references designote corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which F ig. 1 is a plan view oi the invention in the position which it occupies when placed around a coohng utensil preparatory to removing the same from place to place, as from an oven,

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the invention, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken through the device at one end only, or on the line 3 3 of lEig. 2.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, reference numeral 1 designates the base layer, and 2 the upper layer of the body port1on, both similarly shaped and cut from some suitable material, such as coarse muslin. Between them, at each of their ends is contained an intermediate filler or padding layer 3, cut from suitable material, such, for example, as bat canton dannel, asbestos or the like, an conforming to the shape of the end portions of the body layers 1 and 2. Pockets are provided at each end of the body portion and consist of three similarly shaped layers 4, 5 and 6 cut from suitable material, as muslin for the layers 4 and 5 and coarse cotton for the intermediate layer 6. The entire edge portion of the device is bound with suitable tape 7, stitched as indicated by numeral 8 through and through the edge portions ot the layers 1, 3, 2, d, 6, 5 and the tape, the latter being folded over these edge portions in the customary manner. Each pocket terminates several inches ll-om the ends ot the body portion, being of a depth only to receive the fingers of the hand, about up to the 1921. Serial No. 495,323.

knuckles. lf desired, the three layers 1,

3, 2 as well as the three layers d, 6, 5 are quilted as indicated by numeral 9, and across the marginal edge of each pocket extends binding tape 10 secured by stitches 00 11 which extend through the two folds of the tape 10 and throu h the three layers t,

5, 6 and being secure beneath thebinding tape 7 to conceal its ends. The selection of material, of course, is understood to be optional, as wel] as the specihe shape adopted and other minor details not speciically set forth in the claims.

'.lhe mode of use is as follows: When a hot pan or the like is to be moved from one place to another, particular] from an oven, the device forming the su ject matter of this invention is placed about the pan in the manner indicated in Fig. 1, by the user inserting one hand in each pocket and then placing the hands at opposite sides of the pan as in the usual procedure of grasping the pan. ln this position, the intermediate portion 12 will also be engaged with the pan, and at certain times, this intermediate portion will come into play to move the pan in a direction away from the user. Grasped in this manner, the pan may be easily removed from an oven without danger of burning or spilling an of the contents 35 onto the hands, and at e same time, no part of the device will come into contact with oven arts to cause sticking as is the case with a oose rag. 0f course, it 1is manifest that the hands need not be placed with.- vin the pockets, or that the device be used in the manner shown in Fig. 1, i. e. with the pockets outermost, since when in haste, the device may be used with the pockets innermost and the ends of the device merely @5 grasped within the hand while being placed against the sides of the pan.

The intermediate portion 12 being dem ible serves as a means for suspending the device on a hook or nail, in position ready mi to receive the hands within the pockets. Also by means ot this intermediate portion 12, the device may be hung upon a towel rack or over a line for u: v washed.

Having hilly described the invention, what is claimed as new is:-

1. A device of the character demribed, comprising a body portion formed of two layers of demble material, a third layer bcum after being m5 tween said two layers adjacent the ends of the body portion, and hand receiving pockets adjacent each end of the body portion.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a body member, heat resisting members attached to the ends of the body, the portion of the body member l ing intermediate the heat resisting members being of such length as to permit it to circumferentially embrace comparatively onehal of the rim of a cooking utensil, and

finger receiving pockets at the ends of the body member overlying the heat resisting members.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a body member, heat resisting members attached to the ends of the body, the portion of the body member lying inrenee tez-mediate the heat resisting members being of such length as to permit it to circumferentially embrace comparativel onehalf of thev rim of a cooking utensil, and finer receiving pockets at the ends of the boy member overlying the heat resisting members, said body member having its medial portion reduced in width to increase its exibility and permit it to be hung in folded condition on a support.

ln testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MOLLIE W. HOLCOMB.

` Witnesses:

JOHN WAGNER, ELLA M. Dnmns'r. 

